Waste fees
Performance specification
For the use of the public facilities for waste disposal, the waste management authorities (the municipalities belonging to the district, the independent cities and the districts) charge fees to cover the associated costs in accordance with the provisions of the law on municipal charges.
The expenses to be covered by the waste fee include in particular the costs for:
- Collection, transport and disposal of waste from households and disposal waste from commercial enterprises, other commercial enterprises or public institutions,
- the marketing of recyclable materials,
- the waste advisory service,
- Planning, construction, operation, aftercare, recultivation and renaturation of waste utilisation and disposal facilities and
- the formation of reserves for the foreseeable later costs of decommissioning and aftercare at waste recovery and disposal facilities.
The fee scale is intended to create effective incentives for prevention and recycling.
Legal basis
What else should I know?
As a service for those responsible for waste disposal, the Ministry of the Environment and the Ministry of the Interior, which is responsible for fee legislation, have developed model statutes in cooperation with the municipal umbrella organisations, which have subsequently been used by a large number of Hessian waste disposal companies to develop their own fee statutes. However, it is up to the respective municipal bodies to adapt or change these according to their own criteria and taking local circumstances into account.
Who do I need to contact?
Details on the assessment of fees can be found in the waste fee statutes of your municipality, district or city. Information can also be obtained from the waste disposal companies.
You can find all the websites of the municipalities in the Waldeck-Frankenberg district here: